Survivor Of Pennsylvania Clergy Sex Abuse Shares His Story NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Jim VanSickle about surviving the abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest in the Catholic church — one of more than 300 named in Pennsylvania's grand jury report on clergy abuse.
Clergy Sex Abuse Raises Questions About Financial And Reputational Costs To Churches Clergy abuse settlements have cost billions of dollars and more than a dozen dioceses have gone bankrupt. Both church attendance and giving are also in jeopardy. Tom Gjelten
Vatican Responds To Pa. Grand Jury Report On Abuse Of Children By Clergy The Vatican called the abuses "reprehensible." David Green talks to NPR's Sylvia Poggioli and Marie Collin, who served on a papal commission on sexual abuse of minors before quitting in protest.
How Pennsylvania's Attorney General Is Investigating Reports Of Sex Abuse By Priests Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about the report of mass sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests and how his office is handling the investigations.
Pope Francis And U.S. Bishops Respond To Report On Sex Abuse In Pennsylvania The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a response to the clergy sex abuse report from Pennsylvania. It calls for further investigation, better reporting and resolution to complaints. Tom Gjelten
What Allows Sex Abuse To Proliferate Within The Catholic Church Following revelations of widespread abuse by Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mark Jordan, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, about the secrecy and internal machinations of the church that allow abuse to proliferate.
Integrating Sunday Morning Church Service — A Prayer Answered The 11 o'clock hour on a Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours in America, Martin Luther King famously said. Now, one church in Oakland is trying to change that. NPR Staff
Black Pastors And Trump NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Eugene Scott, identity politics reporter for The Washington Post, about the public backlash against black pastors who met with President Trump.
Understanding NXIVM, Group Critics Call A 'Cult' NPR's Scott Simon speaks with New York Times Magazine reporter Vanessa Grigoriadis about NXIVM. Several top members of the self-improvement company face sex trafficking charges.